Jesus, God
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[Exp] Now, let’s go back to for a moment. says...
And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all God’s angels worship him.”
ESVAnd again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all God’s angels worship him.”
As I’ve said, here Jesus is called the firstborn, and He is to be worshipped by God’s angels. But God’s angels only worship One Being—God! If the angels are commanded to worship Jesus, then He is God.That’s our second truth for tonight: Jesus is God.
As I’ve said, here Jesus is called the firstborn, and He is to be worshipped by God’s angels. But God’s angels only worship One Being—God! If the angels are commanded to worship Jesus, then He is God.That’s our second truth for tonight: Jesus is God.
This is especially clear in when the author of Hebrews in the context of quotes God the Father as saying to God the Son in ...
Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness;
We can go through the NT and see that the Apostle Paul identified Jesus as God in ...
waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
But of the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.
We also see that the Apostle Peter identifies Jesus as God in ...
Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
We also see that the Apostle John identifies Jesus as God in ...
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
All of these are authoritative proof that Jesus is God, but here in the argument is even more emphatic. God the Father looks at Jesus the Son and calls Him God!
But of the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.
Hebrews 1:8
[App] What problems do we run into if we reject that the truth that Jesus is God?
If we reject Jesus as God, we forfeit the reliability of the Bible.
We’ve seen that the Bible clearly declares Jesus to be God. If we reject that truth, we are rejecting the Bible as true.
If we reject Jesus as God, we forfeit salvation.
Scripture tells us that Jesus is the mediator between God and man (). As man, He who knew no sin took our sin upon Himself. As God, His divine righteousness was imputed to us (). Without His divine righteousness being imputed to us, we are damned.
[Exp] Of course, Jesus gives proof of His divinity...
...by His mastery over wind and sea.
And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”
…by identifying Himself as the personification of the Kingdom of God.
But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
…by His ability to forgive sins.
“Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
…by His unique, intimate relationship with God the Father, which His enemies said was tantamount to equating Himself with God.
This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
But Jesus is God!
He is very God of very God () from before the foundation of the world ()!
Conclusion
Conclusion
At Christmas, we Christians understand that what Jesus demands from us is much more than just kind smiles upon Him as we remember that time He was laid in a manger.
He demands our cry for salvation.
He demands our obedience.
He demands our worship.
He demands we understand Him as He is and not how our culture wants to present Him to us at this time of year.
He demands that we acknowledge Him as firstborn, preeminent.
He demands that we acknowledge Him as very God of very God.
To do anything less is to mock Him.